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Cableship Contract for STX OSV

Oct 03, 2012

STX OSV Holdings Limited wins contract for design and construction of a cable laying vessel for an international client.The vessel will be of STX OSV’s own CLV 01 design with delivery scheduled from STX OSV in Norway in 3Q 2014. The…

American Company to Modernize Historic Iraq Port

Oct 03, 2012

North America Western Asia Holdings (NAWAH) agrees to modernize Maqal Port, located in Basra’s urban center on the Shatt al Arab waterway.The formal agreement is between Iraq’s Ministry of Transportation, the General Company for the Ports of Iraq…

Aker Wins Statoil Subsea Trees Contract

Oct 02, 2012

Aker Solutions to supply Statoil with subsea trees & control modules for the Visund Field on the Norwegian continental shelf.The contract is for the supply of five subsea trees and eleven control modules, and is valued at aproximately NOK 300-million…

Technip Wins Important GofM Subsea Contract

Oct 02, 2012

Technip awarded Murphy Exploration & Production Co. contract for development of Dalmatian Field in Gulf of Mexico.The lump-sum contract is for work at a water depth ranging from 530 to 1,800 meters on a field  jointly owned by Murphy and Ecopetrol America Inc…

Swedish Port Goes Green Installs ABB AMP Power

Oct 02, 2012

ABB shore-to-ship power connection installed in Port of Ystad enables vesels to shut down their diesel generators to reduce pollution and noise.Shore to ship power connection is sometimes known as AMP, Alternative Maritime Power.Located on the southern tip of Sweden on the Baltic coast…

Charterers Take Lead in Contracting Most Fuel-efficient Vessels

Oct 02, 2012

Cargill, Huntsman Corp. & UNIPEC UK who combined charter over 350 million tonnes of commodities annually decide to charter only eco-friendly ships.Cargill, one of the world's leading international transporters, producers and marketers of food…

Vietnam Offshore Contract for EMAS AMC

Oct 02, 2012

EMAS AMC contracted by Petroleum Technical Services Corporation Mechanical and Construction to provide facilities for the Dua sub-sea field.Singapore-based EMAS AMC, the subsea division of EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider…

Dong Energy Offshore Well Service Contract for Aker Solutions

Oct 02, 2012

Aker Solutions contracted by Dong Energy to provide well intervention services for the oil company's assets offshore Norway and Denmark. Well intervention services are carried out in an oil or gas well, with the objective of maximising production and increasing the recovery rate of oil and gas…

Brazil Offshore Turbine Engine Maintenance Contract for MAN

Oct 01, 2012

MAN Diesel & Turbo SE wins Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) contract extension for maintenance, repair & operational support of 20 MAN THM gas turbine trains.The contract extension covers four offshore platforms in the crude oil and natural…

Aker Solutions to Deliver Offshore Wireline Tractor Services

Oct 01, 2012

Aker Solutions wins a Statoil four-year frame agreement to supply wireline tractor services on the Norwegian continental shelf.The wireline tractor can push well intervention equipment several kilometres along highly deviated and horizontal wells…

Incat Crowther to Design Multi-purpose Dive Support Vessel

Oct 01, 2012

Incat Crowther contracted to design a 56m Catamaran Dive Support Vessel (DSV) for Bhagwan Marine, for operation by dive specialists Neptune Marine Services.The vessel has been designed from the keel up to perform six key roles; Dive Support…

Shell Charters Four Transocean New Drillships

Oct 01, 2012

Transocean Ltd. awarded 10-year contracts for four newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillships by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell).Shipyard delivery for the first drillship is scheduled for mid-2015. The remaining three drillships…

Malaysia's Silk Holdings Buys Two AHTS

Oct 01, 2012

Silk subsidiary, Jasa Merin Sdn Bhd, signs up to buy two Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels from previous owners.The vessels named IDS Darul Ehsan and IDS Darussalam are 70-metre 120-tonne bollard pull AHTS with an engine rating of 10…

GE Power Conversion Inks Petrobas Drilling Rig Contracts

Oct 01, 2012

GE’s Power Conversion Business signs US$120-million contracts to support Petrobras’ Pre-Salt Drilling Program.GE’s Power Conversion business has been selected by Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, a leading designer and builder of high-performance mobile offshore rigs…

Wrist Group Launches New Trading House

Sep 28, 2012

Dynamic Oil Trading launched to meet the fast paced demands of the shipping industry – without limitations.Wrist Group, one of the world’s leading ship services companies, has announced the launch of Dynamic Oil Trading, a new global trading company for marine fuels and lubricants…

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